Treatment of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Eric Davis; Russell Wiesner; Juan Valdecasas; Yoshiaki Kita; Massimo Rossi; Myron Schwartz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.22361
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